Aql Hashem

Aql Hashem (1952-30 January 2000) was a South Lebanon Army commander during the Lebanese Civil War.

Biography
Aql Hashem was born in 1952 in Debel, Lebanon to a family of Maronites. He became a Colonel of the South Lebanon Army under Saad Haddad and Antoine Lahad, and he avoided many Hezbollah assassination attempts while leading the SLA against them in alliance with Israel (he spoke both Arabic and Hebrew fluently). He was assassinated in a bomb attack near his home on 30 January 2000 by Hezbollah with Syrian assistance, and his family fled to Israel before returning to Lebanon in 2013.